mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

, ''Lehrbuch der Topologie'' (German for "textbook of topology") is a book by

Herbert Seifert Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert (; 27 May 1897, Bernstadt – 1 October 1996, Heidelberg) was a German mathematician known for his work in topology. Biography Seifert was born in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen, but soon moved to Bautzen, where he attend ...

and

William Threlfall William Richard Maximilian Hugo Threlfall (25 June 1888, in Dresden – 4 April 1949, in Oberwolfach) was a British-born Germany, German mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. He was a coauthor of the standard textbook Lehrbuch der Topol ...

, first published in 1934 and published in an English translation in 1980. It was one of the earliest

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algebraic topology Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces. The basic goal is to find algebraic invariant (mathematics), invariants that classification theorem, classify topological spaces up t ...

, and was the standard reference on this topic for many years.

Albert W. Tucker Albert William Tucker (28 November 1905 – 25 January 1995) was a Canadian mathematician who made important contributions in topology, game theory, and non-linear programming. Biography Albert Tucker was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, and ea ...

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1947 and AMS 2004. *{{Citation , last1=Seifert , first1=Herbert , last2=Threlfall , first2=William , editor1-last=Goldman , editor1-first=Michael A. , editor2-last=Birman , editor2-first=Joan S. , title=Seifert and Threlfall: a textbook of topology , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsb8zjP0XHoC , publisher=Academic Press Inc. arcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, location=London , series=Pure and Applied Mathematics , isbn=978-0-12-634850-7 , mr=575168 , year=1980 , volume=89 History of mathematics Mathematics textbooks Algebraic topology 1934 non-fiction books German books